US Rep: Congress Must Act to Oppose Anti-Israel Security Council Resolution

"During my time in Israel, I learned at the Shabbat tables of my hosts just how much each family truly desires peace between every neighbor of Israel, regardless of religion or history. Sadly, the current administration's shameful failure to veto the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 last week will undermine this desire for peace, as well as the security of the United States and the safety of Americans traveling abroad.

The only sustainable solution to this decades-long conflict is direct negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Israel has shown they are willing to negotiate in good faith. The Palestinian Authority, on the other hand, endlessly shops the international community for an answer they want and manipulates the United Nations to impose Palestinian terms on Israel.

The cowardice shown by the administration in yielding to the will of the Palestinian Authority sends the backwards message that Palestinians are justified in their decades of terrorism...

We must counter this underhanded condemnation of Israel with a show of unwavering support, starting with an immediate relocation of the United States embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. I will also urge my colleagues in the House to take an immediate stand during the first week in January against UN Security Council Resolution 2334. I'll be proud to say that one of my first votes as a Member of Congress was in opposition to this backwards resolution that will undermine peace for Israel..."